First off I just want to say thank you so much! This is great info to know. I think I will wait until a higher level to start powerleveling, as you made some very valid points. I'll be honest, so far I have only really spent $5 on NC and am not planning on spending much more at this stage in life, but as I graduate in May, who knows what the future holds? 😜
It is reassuring knowing that other well versed battlers use the same weapons that I do. I believe that you may have been the person to recommend the pinegrade to me when I started battling...
And as for the potion of healing, it was orriginally awarded for having donated 200 potions to heal Malum, and then re-awarded at the 100 potion level becasue people were not happy.

Hello friends, welcome to Emily's winter break where I actually have time to spend on neopets! I am trying to get my account a bit more together, and one of the areas I am working on is the battledome.... So two questions, one about training, one about weapons...
For training, at what point do y'all recommend just training level at the Mystery island training school to get to the secret one? I'm currently at the 5 codestone level...
Second, I am looking to at some point in the (hopefully) near future upgrading my weapon set. Currently this is my set...
Which I mainly use the plot weapons, and do not use the gridlock gun since it got nerfed. I am thinking the next item I may get is the H4000 Helmet but also that is quite expensive, but may be worth it long term. Thoughts?

I love it, like unequivocally love it. I really haven't felt like in my life there is anything holiday related happening, and have just been generally bummed out about exams and it just was a nice surprise 🙂

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As someone who got suppeeerrr excited and bought two more, so I could have two as my new primary weapons, and one as a money venture, am really unhappy with tnt for changing it after it went live. I feel like some people made great money and others lost it

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I love this place for the same reasons. I can go on here for twenty minutes and forget that my friends mad at me, or that I don't know what I'm doing after graduation, or whatever I am stressing about and just have a break with strangers who will always be excited/sad with you. It is really a great community and I hope you find a place in it. What is your neopets username?